TROY, Alabama — The doubles duo of Sonia Chen and Karla De La Luz Montalvo picked up where they left off from the fall by claiming the Flight 1 championship on Monday as the Louisiana Tech women’s tennis team got its spring season started at the Spring Kickoff Invite at the Lunsford Tennis Complex.

The three-day event was originally scheduled to take place in Pensacola, Florida, but was moved to Troy, Alabama, facing the host school Troy Trojans as well as Murray State and Central Arkansas.

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GRAMBLING — Two in-state non conference games and a bye week are out of the way.

Now it’s time for the Grambling State football team to get down to business.

The Tigers will do that starting at 6 p.m. Saturday as they play host to Alabama State in a Southwestern Athletic Conference game at Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium.

Grambling State stands at 0-2 following road losses at in-state foes Louisiana-Lafayette and Northwestern State while Alabama State enters the contest at 1-2 with a home win over Tuskegee and road loses at Auburn and Kennesaw state.

Top Left Photo: Previous ‘Legends’ inductees Willis Reed (left) and Wilbert Ellis greeting each other Friday night.
Top Right Photo: Former LSU standout running back Terry Robiskie (right) sat beside James “Shack” Harris during the press conference.
Bottom Left Photo: Inductee Alice Jackson speaking during the press conference.
Botton Right Photo: A packed house was on hand for Friday’s press conference at the Eddie G. Robinson Museum.